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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kody after he is arrested his involvement in attacking a drug dealer in the last chapter?
(a) He is given parole.
(b) He is not charged so he stays home.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He goes to jail.

2. Why is Kody at an Islam service while serving time in the Youth Facility?
(a) The leader asks him to attend.
(b) He is interested in the religion.
(c) He is planning a revenge attack with his gang.
(d) He brother is there and he wants to see him.

3. In the chapter, "Tamu," what do the police find when they search Kody's home after he spends the day with Muhammad?
(a) A Malcolm X book.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Stolen car parts.
(d) Gun.

4. What does Kody hear that amazes him at the second Islam service he attends?
(a) He is enjoying the service.
(b) He thinks it is time to leave the gang.
(c) He feels that he hears parts of his own life explained.
(d) He realizes the gang life is hypocritical.

5. What is NOT a rule created by the Consolidated Crips Organization?
(a) Foul language against African men and women.
(b) Mandatory daily study time.
(c) No English spoken after 6 P.M.
(d) Prisoners could not see their families.

6. Why does Kody feel out of place when he attends an Islam service with Muhammad in the chapter, "Tamu"?
(a) He is dressed in gang clothes.
(b) He thinks everyone knows he was in jail.
(c) He is not religious.
(d) He does not know enough about Islam.

7. How do Joker and Macc try to end their feud?
(a) They have a shoot out.
(b) Kody steps in and beats up Macc.
(c) They do not end it.
(d) They have a fistfight, which Joker wins.

8. What does Kody's friend admit would happen to him for committing murder and kidnapping?
(a) He believes he will be found not guilty.
(b) He believes he will be executed.
(c) He believes he get will get life in jail.
(d) He believes he will escape.

9. How does Kody feel about this cease fire that occurs in the "Epilogue?"
(a) He is happy.
(b) He does not care about it.
(c) He has mixed feelings.
(d) He is upset.

10. In the "Epilogue" what organization does the drug dealer Kody attacks work for?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The police.
(c) Tray Eights.
(d) Rollin' Sixties.

11. What does Kody call police officers in the chapter "Nation Time?"
(a) Coppers.
(b) Popo.
(c) Pigs.
(d) He refused to call them anything.

12. Who is Fred Hampton?
(a) An old guard at the youth facility.
(b) Muhammad's friend.
(c) Leader of the Back Panthers.
(d) Muhammad's father.

13. Who does Kody visit in jail at the end of "Nation Time"?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) A former rival gang member.
(c) Crazy De.
(d) His brother.

14. In the chapter "Nation Time," what group does Kody begin to distance himself from?
(a) Islam.
(b) Tamu and his children.
(c) Crips.
(d) His family.

15. How long is Kody is solitary confinement in the chapter "48 Hours?"
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) 10 days.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Muhammad ask Kody and his group to leave the Islam service?

2. In addition to Malcolm X, what other activist's words affect Kody?

3. What group does Kody compare the C.C.O to?

4. In the chapter "Reconnected," what does Kody change his name to?

5. What California prison is Kody transferred to in the chapter "Reconnected?"

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